Before we can add IPMI items to Zabbix, we should test the IPMI access. By default, IPMI uses UDP port 623, so make sure it is not blocked by a firewall. Check whether your Zabbix server has the ipmitool package installed—if not, install it, and then execute the following:
$ ipmitool -U zabbix -H <IP address of the IPMI host> -I lanplus -L user sdr Password:
Provide the password that you set in the IPMI configuration. We are using user-level access, as specified by the -L user flag, so that administrative privileges should not be required for the Zabbix IPMI user. The -I lanplus flag instructs ipmitool to use the IPMI v2.0 LAN interface, and the sensor command queries the host for the available sensors. If your device has IPMI running on a non-default port, you can specify the port with the -p flag.
Zabbix does not use ipmitool to query IPMI...
